ниннч

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ниннч. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ниннч, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ниннч in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ниннч you have here. The definition of the word ниннч will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofниннч, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from nin̄č́ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńińčē, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. In this case, related to Finnish nisä.

Cognate with Skolt Sami njeʹǯǯ, Kildin Sami ниннч (ninnč) and Northern Sami njižži

Pronunciation

Noun

ниннч (ninnč)

  1. breast (of a female)

Inflection

The template Template:sia-infl-noun does not use the parameter(s):
nom_s=ниннч
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

Inflection of ниннч
Nominative ниннч (ninnč)
Genitive нӣнджь (nīndž’)
singular plural
Nominative ниннч (ninnč) нӣнджь (nīndž’)
Accusative нӣнджь (nīndž’) нӣнджи (nīndži)
Genitive нӣнджь (nīndž’) нӣнджи (nīndži)
Illative нӣнджи (nīndži)
Locative нӣнджист (nīndžist) нӣнджин (nīndžin)
Comitative нӣнджинҍ (nīndžin’) нӣнджигуйм (nīndžigujm)
Abessive нӣнджта (nīndžta) нӣнджита (nīndžita)
Essive ниннчинҍ (ninnčin’)
Partitive

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) “nin̄č́-nīnǯ́”, in G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 132

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńińčē, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. In this case, related to Finnish nisä.

Cognate with Skolt Sami njeʹǯǯ, Akkala Sami ниннч (ninnč) and Northern Sami njižži.

Pronunciation

Noun

ниннч (ninnč)

  1. breast, bosom
  2. udder
    Synonym: (obsolete or dialectal) рӯккьс (rūkk’s)

Inflection

Declension of ниннч (type I noun, ннч-нч gradation)
Nominative ниннч (ninnč)
Genitive нинч (ninč)
Dative-Illative нӣннче (nīnnčje)
Comitative нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’)
singular plural
Nominative ниннч (ninnč) нинч (ninč)
Accusative нинч (ninč) нӣнчетҍ (nīnčjet’)
Genitive нинч (ninč) нӣнче (nīnčje)
Dative-Illative нӣннче (nīnnčje) нӣнчетҍ (nīnčjet’)
Locative нинчесьт (ninčjes’t) нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’)
Comitative нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’) нӣнчегуэйм (nīnčjeguejm)
Abessive нинчха (ninčxa) нӣнчеха (nīnčjexa)
Essive ниннченҍ (ninnčjen’)
Partitive ниннче (ninnčje)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńėń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык, page 213
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ńėń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 299